Christopher Francis Black (born 1 January 1950) is a retired Scottish

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er, who represented Great Britain at the

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and the

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Biography

Black became the British hammer throw champion after winning the British

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title at the 1976 AAA Championships. Shortly afterwards at the 1976 Olympics Games in

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, he represented

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in the hammer throw and finished in 7th place, throwing 73.18 metres After retaining his AAA title at the 1977 AAA Championships he won a bronze medal representing

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at the

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, Canada in the hammer throw event. Black competed again at the Olympics when he represented

at the 1980 Olympics Games in

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. He won a third and final AAA title at the

1983 AAA Championships The 1983 AAA Championships sponsored by ( Robinsons Barley Water) was the 1983 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 23 to 24 July 1983 at the Crystal Pal ...

. He held the Scottish record for the hammer throw from 1983 to 2015.

International competitions

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Chris 1950 births Living people Athletes from Edinburgh Scottish male hammer throwers British male hammer throwers British masters athletes Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics